To date, China has so far launched four unmanned space missions to test the hardware for the manned flight.
BBC: NEWS | Science/Nature | China manned space mission nears
Compare the cost of keeping and maintaining hardware and software for test platforms locally, and the cost of leveraging PaaS for testing.
This puts different stresses on hardware and provides a unique test bed for products under development.
Apple this week put out a call for a test engineer for iPhone hardware, Neil Hughes at Apple Insider writes.
Conveniently, more modern spacecraft than the Pioneers include separate range-finding hardware, which can be used to test the accuracy of the Doppler method.
The multi-core war may have begun, but the battle will be fought with software, although that's not to say that the hardware side has already been won: apparently the test chip is much larger than equivalent chips -- 275 mm squared, versus a typical Core 2 Duo's 143 mm squared -- and Intel currently has no way to hook up memory to the chip.
Three features make this test particularly significant: For the first time, the hardware and software utilized was the operational configuration (known as AEGIS BMD 3.0) that will be installed in all other AEGIS missile defense ships.
Revealed in the Windows Logo Program Newsletter is the sad reality that the ability to test TV tuners and remotes is no longer included in Windows Hardware Certification Kit.
ENGADGET: Two more nails in the coffin for Media Center, start-up options and tuner certification
As we mentioned before, Microsoft neglected to send along a Zune 80 for us to test, so we can't comment so much on that device's hardware, although we have spent some real time with the Zune 8.
ENGADGET: New Zune review (part 2): upgrade, hardware, software and Social
The casual nature of that relationship is reflected in Valve's attitude about releasing the new mode -- Team Fortress 2's VR-enabling update in the coming weeks is essentially a giant beta test in which Valve will measure and analyze the way TF2 players interact with virtual reality hardware.
ENGADGET: Valve's Joe Ludwig on the uncertain future of virtual reality and partnering with Oculus
Earlier today, a study in Science Translational Medicine proposed that DNA sequencing could become a standard first-choice test for infants in neonatal intensive care units, because a combination of new software and hardware could allow doctors to get results in just 50 hours, answering questions about what is making a baby sick far faster when time is of the essence.
FORBES: DNA Sequencing: Is Science Fiction Becoming Medical Fact?
By building an inventory of all four VANQUISH models, Digital Storm can run its industry leading 72-hour stress test and benchmarking to ensure customers experience zero performance bottlenecks and get the most out of their hardware.
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